A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), showing the patriotic group as “the small but most colorful part of Hume-Fogg’s R. O. T. C., as it lined up with lifted chins and straightened shoulders on the steps of the school on Broad Street....

Excerpts from an oral history interview with Marion F. "Sonny" Smith, conducted on 25 Sept. 2007 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Smith served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the...

Excerpts from an oral history interview with Mary Diane Maynard Ross, conducted on 2 Oct. 2006 by Linda Barnickel as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Ross discusses the difficulty of leaving behind her young...

Excerpts from the reminiscences of Roy C. Avery, recorded in June 1971 by Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery and Rev. William Dixon Gray. The recording is part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Avery recalls the boredom and...

Excerpts from an interview with Nashville business and civic leader Betty Chiles Nixon conducted on 19 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. Nixon discusses Cross...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville minister Dr. Frank F. Drowota, Jr., conducted on 20 November 1980 by Helen Drowota as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Drowota, a native of England and the...

Pictured: “Dr. Vincent L. Fuqua, extreme right …. head of … foods, fertilizers and dairies, took a lively interest in the Army’s portable stoves which may be fastened into the back of trucks and will prepare food to be served when the convoy...

Pictured: Soldiers scrubbing pans at the Camp Forrest mess hall, March 4, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for...

A scene from the May 17th, 1957 baseball game between Nashville Vols and the All-Star team, played at Sulphur Dell ballpark located in Nashville, Tennessee. Sulphur Dell was the home of the Nashville Vols in the Southern Association from 1901 until...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Ben West reading an honorary proclamation with Nashville Vols team players on April 11th, 1957 at the Sulphur Dell ballpark. In 1957, former major-leaguer Dick Sisler assumed command of the team, and the Vols finished in...

A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...

Pictured: “Camp Forrest reechoed to the martial blare of the 181st Field Artillery Band as the former Tennessee National Guard filed past the reviewing crowds of friends and relatives who assembled in the training camp for the first Family Day,...

Pictured: Soldiers marching from the train to their barracks at Camp Forrest. In foreground is mascot of troopers. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of...

A scene from the May 17th, 1957 baseball game between Nashville Vols and the All-Star team, played at Sulphur Dell ballpark located in Nashville, Tennessee. Sulphur Dell was the home of the Nashville Vols in the Southern Association from 1901 until...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Ben West reading an honorary proclamation with Nashville Vols team players on April 11th, 1957 at the Sulphur Dell ballpark. In 1957, former major-leaguer Dick Sisler assumed command of the team, and the Vols finished in...

A letter from Dutch immigrant Peter J. Williamson back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862, Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...

A letter from Dutch immigrant Peter J. Williamson back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862, Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...

A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...

A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. ...

This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...